Two new truxene-based organic sensitizers (M15 and M16) featuring high extinction coefficients were synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells employing cobalt electrolyte. The M16-sensitized device displays a 7.6% efficiency at an irradiation of AM1.5 full sunlight.

In September 2015, the ONU approved Global Agenda for Sustainable Development, by which all countries of world are mobilized to adopt a set goals be achieved 2030. Within these goals, aim having responsible production and consumption, as well taking climate action, made is necessary design new eco-friendly materials. Another important UN goal possibility in access affordable energy. The most pr...

Cosensitization of broadly absorbing ruthenium metal complex dyes with highly absorptive near-infrared (NIR) organic dyes is a clear pathway to increase near-infrared light harvesting in liquid-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). In cosensitized DSCs, dyes are intimately mixed, and intermolecular charge and energy transfer processes play an important role in device performance. Here, we de...